Clinkz is one of these heros that I simply love, and for no good reason except he is one of the BEST heros for pubs and TDA. He is not league material simply because everyone gets wards and alot of carries can either do more damage or contribute valuable stuns / slows. That does NOT mean clinkz is weak, it simply means he is outpicked by more league approporate heros.

In this guide you will learn of a very tested strat (by me). I dont know who else uses this strat, and I really dont even care. You can trust me, Issachar, a pub player, for the awesomeness of this strat. The sheepstick strat.

Advantages of Clinkz:
-Almost 522 Movespeed with the new windwalk
-Very high agility
-Very high damage
-Amazing attack speed

This is actually what sets Clinkz TRUELY apart from any other DPS heros. It allows him to never go back and heal if he has the mana to spam this. Which is why mana is important to Clinkz. All too often people dont get this skill and thus have to go back and heal instead of just killing an ally creep and continue laning and farming.

Basically get the first two levels of death pact and you are set. Creeps give you so much life that it really doesnt matter you get another level at 16. 5 levels of stats come before maxing windwalk and getting strafe because your life is so low without them it would be meaningless.

This build focuses on getting some damage through the cheapest build possible (wraiths and treads is very cheap agility), and then getting the core item of Guinsoo. Focus on first farming that void as the moment you get to level 6 you can spam your ultimate for health and then getting your other items. If you dont farm those wraiths and treads, then your damage will be really low, so make sure you get these temporary boosters. Butterfly and Burize will get you to your late game snuff, and Black King Bar is suggested if you are dying or getting really close to death by disables in team battles. Basically Butterfly and anything else is good for the extension of this build.

Specific justification for this build:

OK, everyone is asking why is Clinkz out of all the heros in DOTA getting an INT item. Well, to answer that, first off guinsoo gives a disable. Orchid, Linkens, Skadi, or Aghanims (god knows?) does not. Clinkz is one of Dota’s fastest heros with windwalk, that means he is actually capable of chasing ahead and disabling the enemy. Other than that, Guinsoo offers Clinkz the mana he needs, giving a huge boost to int and mana regeneration. This means that Clinkz can utalize one of his greatest assets, Death Pact. Most Clinkz do not even learn Death Pact, not because it sucks, but because mana is the problem.

There are plenty of heros in Dota that can outdamage Clinkz 1v1, or run away from Clinkz, Guinsoo helps Clinkz even the odds. Guinsoo is also a disable YOU control. You dont have to tell that noob SB who to stun, you dont have to yell at that nub Lion to learn Vodoo, Guinsoo is YOUR OWN disable. In a world of Pubs and TDA that makes a difference between life and death, killing and letting enemies running away laughing. Also having Death Pact and spamming it at will makes a huge difference as you can volunteer to tank towers or whatnot.

Strats:
For levels 1-11, just stay in the lane. If there is a chicken, great, if not, then just go for a break when you have enough for a voidstone and keep farming. Clinkz is an amazing last hitter with searing arrows, but even without searing he is just as good. Time your shots and keep practicing your last hitting. As time passes, your opponents go back or gank other lanes, just keep farming. Make sure you call missing and listen to ally missing calls. Clinkz is extremely hard to gank without wards. Keep your hands on windwalk and windwalk out of ganks. The only ganks you should be helping out with are the ganks in your lane.

-Take it easy and get some temporary items, see how Clinkz smiles? ^^

At level 11-16 you should already have the basic 3 wraith + agi treads + voidstone. You can help out in ganks if you want, but you should still focus on farming. That sheepstick is pretty curtial, however, since your team might be pushing, and you are leveling strafe, it doesnt hurt to be a team player.

At level 16-25 you should be finishing up your sheepstick just fine. Once you get it, help your team fulltime by ganking and using that sheepstick. Clinkz at this stage is also a really powerful solo killer. Windwalk and scout the enemy neturals, turn on strafe and attack, using sheepstick when they try to run or fight. It is highly suggested you have fun by killing INT and AGI heros. Strength heros are usually too much HP to kill.

-Techies cant sucide or lead me into his mines!

Tip: When you get Guinsoo autocast searing arrows all the time. You have so much mana regen that it doesnt make a difference. However your mana might drain down when you turn on strafe, as you are firing too fast for you mana to keep up! ^^

When pushing towers it is important YOU focus your energy on the towers. Your allies can distract the enemy all they want, but make sure you turn on that strafe and autocast searing arrows on the towers. Watch that tower go down really really fast!With butterfly and possibly burize coming in later on, Clinkz attacks like a machine gun, and a stealth one to boot. Have fun owing or pushing the enemy towers.

Replay: The replay shows what a Guinsoo clinkz can really do. This isnt my best game, nor was I paying much attention. However, take note that I rarely visited base, even when I’m really low. I also was chasing pretty well, and I fed off of techies cuz he couldnt sucide when I had my Guinsoo! ^^ Watch it if you have time or doubts about the effectiveness of this build.

66 Comments so far ↓

Oct
5

7:25
PM

calvin

i also use the item in game.its good man….

Oct
8

8:49
AM

omg

lol.any hero can use guinso then.its not a clever thing to buy a non int hero a staff.u can buy meser or any hero.and may be butterfly for any hero.but on agi or str heros staff is really wrong.u can go linken or may be vanguard.both will save u.and with your windwalk you will run away if a trouble hits you.so wrong build.guinso money waste on feltcher…

Nov
9

1:19
AM

omj

i use treads, vanguard, defiance, buriza, butterfly, wraith band for clinkz..

Nov
28

7:06
PM

mark

guinso is better to..
coz if the enemy run…
guinso it.. then strafe on..
firing machine…boom!
w/ the help of crits!!buriza

Thanks man. You’re doin’ great for the guide. I pwned all of my friends in the class using your strat. Keep up the good work!

Dec
3

5:20
PM

56'ker

I agree with omg. You farm hardly to get 2700 gold. Then you buy a staff that give int. It’s not worth. You waste so much money for 25 int that is not very useful for clinkz. All Clinkz needs are attack dmg and Attack speed.

Dec
21

11:41
PM

Dymez

POWERTREAD????! Well… 1 slot remaining… Those Wraith are ANNOYING! Change it with a Yasha/SnY, (365+10%= 401 with Yasha, 365+12%=408 with SnY) so his move speed can be better when low in mana or silenced…

Dec
22

4:17
AM

Dymez

Do you see eLQiaDo up there? He is my brother. Me and him coupled up, he uses Clinkz, i uses Kardel. I have just Assasinate the pathetic Witch Doctor. I thought he’d dead, but OMG just 50 hp remaining, his mana so low. However, my brother then WW and single Searing Arrow… I just got an assist kill…

Dec
27

1:08
AM

mikiekhal

he is not good for me but
he never die whan use wind walk

Jan
16

4:56
AM

Ragulai

One, start with 1 lvl of windwalk, never get another till Strafe and Searing’s maxed. lvl 2 and beyond only gets you MS which isn’t as important as dmg.

Two: Skadi!. This is Clinkz CORE item!!!(I can’t emphisisze this enough) If you don’t have it, you’ll never be all you can be. It gets you everything you need form the mana to run constant searin while still strafing and pacting, to the hp to survive to the dmg and best of all slow needed to kill effectivly.

Jan
25

9:37
AM

nicholas chan

i thk ur skill build is wrong…u shld pump on searing arrow first…then lvl 2 will be windwalk…oso u shldnt pump on ur stats till ur haf no skill to pump on…strafe is one of the important skill bone needs…its boots his attack speed and can kill any hero instantly.he shld not but lots of agility items too.
he shld get:
power treads(strenght)(2nd)
monkey king bar(3rd)
2 bracer(1st)
butterfly(4th)
hyper stone or eye of skadi(5th)
eye of skadi…will be a buff…so tt it can help to slow the person…if u are fighting people wif high hp…u will need it…like…i was onli lvl 17 when a magnataur was lvl 23…i could solo him…when i had eye of skadi.ur attack speed is incredible…if u are dying,u can use your death pact on ur creep when u wind walk away…then when u are in full health…u can kill him alrdy…its the best…in many games…i use this hero and i can kill many people…i was totally shocked when i gt a beyond godlike!!!i didnt knw tt this hero was tt good…!!!it is highly recommended!!!try him!!u will own…wan knw more abt other heros,u can e-mail me at nicholas_chan4@hotmail.com

Mar
12

2:24
PM

MEEEE

im a noobie to DotA and i am going gud with clinkz, hes my fav so far.

i read this, this morning and all the comments, i think ill try some out cuz i see everyone is saying that clinks arent spose to die cuz of windwalk but i had the most deaths in 1/5 games :| and the least kills every game, altho im noob to this game is probly why, ill test out all these ways this arv when i get home from skool :)

1.Clinkz is low in hp..so, satanic(lifesteal) & scadi(slow enemies & would be a better item than guinsoo) will help it increase its hp..
2.Linken will negate target dispell..so, stun, silent or voodoo will’nt stop clinkz from attacking targeted enemy..
3.Buriza & Eaglehorn/MKB will help a lot in increasing its damage..

i find a better build is boots, point booster, the guinsou for those runners, then travel if you want, then eye of skadi, give hp, mp and a slowing attack. Then butter, mkm, then whatever you like or a bkb
don’t put stats on until you are 15+,the point booster will give you the hp and mp you need and don’t bother getting life steal cos you got deathpact

Jun
6

7:56
AM

Babi

2 Wraith Bands, and off to AG power treads. Crys and now you should ought for EoS. Expensive but it’s worth the extra health and mana, and the SLOWWWWWWW. Strafe and you know what I mean. And then a Butterfly to perfect that MG charge and Buriza if you love soloing noob style. BKB for those who love to play chicken. And don’t attack tankers unless you’re in a gangbang situation. Hexing should work well with EoS. But I don’t ought for Satanic but rather Bloodstone if you’re overconfident.

Jun
20

11:28
PM

N3ji

HOHO I LIKE THAT BUILD 27/0 (hi)

Jul
5

3:30
AM

sirus kargar

thank you so much i just played my first round with him and got 3kills and no deaths. brilliant item biuld as well.

sirus

Jul
10

7:02
PM

amps

s&y in bone clinkz?????? OMG.and a battle fury??? what a build. i think that’s idiot haha

Jul
25

10:00
PM

hahaha

nice. thats good idea. but, my startegy is the first you should use vanguard or shiva guard and then power thread and butterfly. burize is too expensive so, for the attack i choose MKB and battle fury

Jul
25

10:00
PM

hahaha

for amps, batle fury is good for attack. so we must use it

Aug
2

12:16
AM

Drix-Kun

nice…^^….i played bones with the help of your guide and i was owning everything…..XD

Aug
20

8:11
AM

K|hAoS

why an s&y????? AND BATTLEFURY???? ur out of ya minds nubs…. skadis pro but almost as tough farm as hex + it got orb effect… you kno how to orb walk with bone? i buy mkb instead of burize…. mkb got that ministun adn increase in atak spd also….

Aug
26

7:37
AM

skolapops

Dudes if you really wanna own with Clinkz get the following items in this order:
Bracer x2, Power Treads (strengh), Sanga, (Oblivion Staff x3 =) Orchi,
Crystaly -> Burizas, MKB or Cranium Basher (I guess the Basher is better if you wanna solo your enemies), Butterfly. For last two items you sell your Bracers and maybe upgrade your Sanga to Manta Style for some life (but I think cause of Windwalk you dont need that, its just recommended to get Mantas after you got all other items).
If you think Orchi sucks fuck off and try out! This Clinkz is nearly unkillable as long as their isnt someone with gem or wards.

nice guide, cept one thing
go for strafe early instead of searing, searing takes way too much mana early on to be spammed, and strafe just scares the hell out of the enemy hero
and smokey, right click the skill to activate autocast

sorry guyz i dont build wraith bands even in other heroes, for me i think that bracer is more useful than wraith, ehem, lets play dota, from were you are?

Nov
16

11:26
AM

â€ mykhelâ€

SmokeyBBQ to turn on auto searing arrows, right click the icon of searing and tadaa…, auto cast, haha.

Nov
21

8:37
AM

justanoob

lvl 1 wind walk,and do not stats…2 stats cannot survive fews hero gb at early game.then searing arrows,don’t add 2nd lvl WW until u added searing to max and strafe to 2,3,or 4 ..=.=..thats wat i do with clickz..orchid can be bought at the side shops in 6.64…and..hex on clickz..it is a great item on clickz in 1v1 situation.but.what are teammates for?5 dps hero without disabler…thats when i get a hex..

Nov
27

2:48
AM

TIPAKLONG_JOMAR

Clinkz is a Pusher and the same time killer…
Lol it really needs guinso for he can last the battle for him to use his skills and ulti….
mjolner then guinso buriza
bkb if enemy is 5…..
from cebu the scourge clann
…..(*_^)…….

Dec
3

4:34
AM

SmokeyBBQ

Thanks guys lol

Dec
3

5:32
AM

clinkz pwnz

lol any hero can own with guinsoo but that doesnt mean u get it. Its pretty useless farming for it. Better build is 3 wraiths, yasha(for ms), treads, and mkb

However, all this “god” item is hard to achieve when laying wif PROs
This is my item build when i play in garena
MKB (must, so pathetic if u can’t get it in early mid game)
Linken (must)
PRO game usually end in 25~30 min(AVG time). It’s no time for u to take chance to farm the item u think is rite, wrong item in wrong time leads u to http://WWW.gg.com(gg game).

Jan
7

11:38
PM

yourAll NOOBS

clinkz,is a cool killing machine hero^^bcoz of its supa imba attackspeed…and can chase any hero…and + a good user,this hero ROCKZ!!!!,just build whatever items u want as long as it fits on him….GOODLUCK

Jan
17

4:03
PM

EipoOnS

OMG noobs it doesn`t realy matter what actualy you by for this hero , i mean it does but not that mutch … Guinso ,that i agree, is bad idea for bone cus you only waste money and time,while other heroes get stronger, and you only get spare mana and no hp,damage,or movement (accept that orb but it is too expencive) . And I allso readed something like you should by skady for him -.-` . SKADY IS ORB AND BUFF and it does slow a bit but it does not give that mutch dmg to …

Jan
17

4:08
PM

EipoOnS

..him in the rate of it`s cost … scady is too expencive and bad for bone… For start 3 brands are good start items, but first go to brand,boots,then to wooden leg, brand,brand… then go for yasha ( you dont need sange cus then will be orb) , go for black king bar , butterfly and by that if u go well game should be over x) … You can buy him bash , but not burisa…

Actually Skadi is gud as it can slow others but its not recommended….
You see, when you saw a hero, just use wind walk and go back to him (backstab). Thn activate strafe and searing arrows = ownage
Also, if its a nuker, buy BKB!